142 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



September 15, 1918 to December 26, 1921 a flock; February 

 12, 1916 a single bird; July 4, 1919. 



LONG BEACH. Casual migrant, April 21, 1912 (Griscom). 

 New York State. Regarded as a common transient at Ossin- 

 ing years ago (Fisher) ; now very rare in our area. 



CENTRAL PARK. Casual many years ago. No records 

 under modern conditions. 



BRONX REGION. Now a very rare or casual migrant, the 



favorable habitats destroyed or ruined. October 7, 1905 



(Wiegmann and Hix) to November 11, 1916 (Hix). 



New Jersey. Thurber (1887) recorded the Coot as a rare 



breeder at Morristown, but gave no data. Found nesting with 



Gallinules in the Newark Marshes, May 30, 1907 by C. G. Abbott. 



Seen there as early as April 16, 1910 (Griscom and LaDow). As 



already noted in several places, this locality is now destroyed. 



This ends our knowledge of the Coot as a breeding bird in northern 



New Jersey. In various parts of the Hackensack Marshes it is a 



regular fall transient, but rare or unknown in spring. Seen April 



19, 1914 in the marshes east of Kingsland (Griscom). A rare 



transient at Montclair (Rowland). We have no knowledge of its 



occurrence farther north and west, but it should be looked for on 



the larger lakes and marshes in the fall. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Fairly common in October on Over- 

 peck Creek, unknown in spring. September 25, 1921 (Griscom 

 and Johnson) to November 4, 1916 (Weber). 



RED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicarius) 

 Phalaropes are Shore-birds that are able to swim, and 

 during their migrations are among the most pelagic of our 

 birds, occurring sometimes in great flocks one hundred or more 

 miles from land. Near the coast, however, they are rare or 

 uncommon, and their presence is usually due to storms. The 

 Red Phalarope is either more pelagic than the Northern, or 

 else it is less numerous, as there are a scant twenty records of 

 its occurrence on Long Island. In spring plumage the two 

 species are unmistakable, but in the fall they closely resemble 

 each other, and can only be distinguished at close range by the 

 different proportions of the bill, relatively stout and thick at 

 the base in the Red, excessively slender and needle-like in the 

 Northern. 



